Ossb Podcast

Thank you for listening to the February edition of the podcast club’s podcast. In episode 3, students continue to work on interviewing skills. We look at how to use Voice Memos on an iPad to record an interview. We will hear some new music produced by our students as well. James does some field work and covers a field trip to Laser Craze and covers the valentines day dance put on by the residential program. Thank you so much for listening each month.

Thank you for tuning into the February edition of the OSSB podcast. This month’s episode is packed full of exciting things going on at the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students traveled to Cincinnati to the Clovernook Center for the Blind to compete in the fourth annual Braille Challenge. Matt gives an overview of how the Polaroid Pop camera and app work. To honor black history month we join our wrestlers and cheerleaders in Little Rock, Arkansas when they visited Central High School. Matt talks with members of the student council about the valentines day dance that took place on February 13. If you are interested in how our history book project is coming along, you will hear from Mr. Schwamburger and Claudia Retter who will give us an update and let you know how you can contribute to the project. The fourth grade class will continue learning experience with coding. They share with us “if then” statements. And we conclude this month’s podcast talking with a team of individuals from Humanware who wer

This month the podcast club had a great time creating commercials and working on interviewing skills. Great conversation was had in the studio. We talked about our winter break and plans for the remainder of the year.

In this edition of the OSSB Podcast, the team welcomes in the new year. Want to listen to our podcast on your Amazon Alexa? Matt and Emily explain how to set up your Alexa to play podcasts. If you would like more information, you can visit: The Applevis Podcast. https://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast1278.mp3 The 4th grade class explores what happens to candy canes in different substances. January 4th was World Braille Day. The students celebrated a few days late, but there was still fun activities, such as a trivia game, fun braille activities, and a movie at the end of the day. We listen in to a panel of alumni who talk about their experiences with reading and writing braille beyond OSSB. We also mention the Ocali lending library where you can borrow technology to see if it fits your needs. Be sure to check that out. https://filemaker.ocali.org/fmi/webd/Library%20V2?script=findfmdev The art and vocational classes visited the Rife Gallery for their Ohio Art Exhibit. https:/

This is a special edition of the ossb podcast. It is brought to you by the ossb podcast club. This group meets once a week for a couple of hours. Some students have no computer skills, but all students learn the basics of podcasting: VoiceOvers, mixing audio and much more. We range all over topics from our weekends to story telling, to saying what podcast club is like.

We are so excited to bring you the December edition of the OSSB podcast. This month’s episode is packed full of exciting news of what is happening at the Ohio State School for the Blind. We streamed our winter concert and it is available right here. Below are the links to the 2019 Winter concert https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/e0cabc64-39be-45bd-ae19-4c89f7ba543f?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/fe25bff1-cfd4-4149-b8c4-9a1abb7d9040?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/8226cc13-bff0-4119-9942-acedfa6fa55b?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/ef3fcccb-4c8f-4694-9f99-7bf75eae2098?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/afcb6f65-f16f-43ae-b69a-4f52df211b98?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/fb33062e-6a91-41a3-b09d-6490dd8e64bc?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d951

The November edition of the OSSB podcast is packed full of fun. We meet 2 new members of the OSSB family, our librarian and our transition coordinator. OSSB hosted the first ever Delta Gamma day on November 19 so we will meet them and hear from students at all grade levels about their experience on DG day. Delta Gamma’s motto is “do Good.” To learn more about Delta Gamma visit www.deltagamma.org. Want to eat better, especially when you need to be in a hurry, we join MS Honse and the ILS department on a field trip to Clean Eats where they tell us about cleaner alternatives and using a budget. President Edward Swilt of the OSSB alumni association talks with Mr. Kelley via phone and discusses the upcoming alumni holiday party on December 6-8. Our students in fourth grade under the instruction of MS McCumber are preparing for the future. They are learning to code. Jobs in coding are on the rise according to Fast Company. Mrs. Bardon takes us on a field trip to the Ohio Historical Connection so our stude

We are excited to bring you the October 2019 Edition of the OSSB Podcast. In this episode we will travel down to the Kentucky School for the Blind with the Elementary for the Bill Roby games that happened on October 3rd. Students in our ILS department bring us to Links Lemonade and talk about what they had to eat and how to use a budget to plan a meal. This month our health classes did some research on health organizations which have significant impact on our community. We will learn about Women’s International Center - Honoring, Encouraging, and Educating Women Around the World (WIC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the World Health Organization. Each month we introduce a new staff member in our OSSB family and this month we meet our IEP coordinator Mrs. Welch. Our goalball team invited us to a practice and we catch up with some alumni from our championship team: Donald and Brandon. We talk with more alumni who have come back for our transition to work program. October 15

Welcome to the September edition of the OSSB Podcast. This month we will be talking about the preparations our track team has made to get ready for track conference which will be held at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. We meet our new fourth grade teacher and had a podcast discussion with the fourth grade class. If you are interested in reading the fourth grade blog, you can find it here. https://ossb4thgrade.edublogs.org/ We talked to Mrs. Wendy who is now an advisor at the Ohio State University. For the first year Ohio State School for the Blind and the Ohio State University are collaborating to help up and coming teachers at the undergraduate level be better prepared to work in the field of vision. We are very excited to have had a visit from Captain John Turnbull. He is an active duty captain in the army who lost his eye sight in a terrorist attack. His story is captivating, and motivating. Emily gives us a glimpse into the catering program as they completed one of their f

In this edition of the OSSB podcast we welcome you back to school by meeting a few groups of students and hearing from our new principal Michelle Wagner. We meet the new podcast crew for the 2019-20 school year. We welcome Mr. Schwamburger, our new social studies teacher. In the coming months we will speak with all of our new staff. We speak with James from operations. A former student Selvin Linder shares memories of his time OSSB and what he is doing now. Kevin Maynus, Dr. Lou’s brother-in-law stops in for a visit and we had a great conversation. New school initiatives and projects are on the way as well. Mr. Jeff Schneider discusses what he does at OSSB and gives us many memories about the Ohio State School for the Blind Marching Panthers.

In this special edition of the podcast you will meet some of the OSSB alumni and we look back into the past and listen to what types of things were happening at OSSB as far back as 1952.

This special edition of the OSSB podcast is all about our first summer camp. The Expanded Core Curriculum camp. Participants focus on 3 areas, independent living skills, technology and social skills. We will meet the campers, the staff, and follow the camp throughout the week.

The OSSB end of the year podcast is packed with tons of exciting events and activities. We talk with Mrs. Z’s class and catch up with hot diggety dog. Our principal Mr. Ransey stops in and recaps this school year. Emily shares her end of the year project. WE hear from students and staff about swimming and forensics conference. We visit our annual art festival put on by the elementary department. Girls on the Run was a huge success and Jana shares her story. Mr. Rheinhard, former principal, joins us during teacher appreciation week. Spanish students go shopping using shopping lists written in Spanish and eat a yummy Mexican lunch. We’ll hear about our first ever adult blind sports clinic held at OSSB. There were plenty of end of the year activities, the braille picnic, the ILS picnic, Bowling, a baseball game, track and field day and much more. Most importantly on this podcast, we talk with every senior who is graduating. Also alumni Chris Harington graduated from Ohio Dominican and he had the honor of b

Thank you for tuning into the April podcast and supporting the activities of students and staff at OSSB. Lots of good stuff in store this month for your listening pleasure. Our Aware group presents on “being you” and strategies for acceptance in our school community. We are excited to demonstrate some new equipment that will help the podcast sound a whole lot better. Mr. Kelley’s classes present some research on the beeping Easter egg. Video on the making beeping Easter eggs a nationwide Project http://www.mtv.com/news/2124051/beeping-easter-eggs-dad/ Mrs. Peirano’s class gives us some insight into our annual Easter egg hunt. We hear some exciting news from our deputy state superintendent Dr. John Richard about the leadership for the school for the blind and Dr. Lou Maynus discusses her role as interim superintendent and future plans. Corey grandstaff from the Washington School for the Blind, an alumnist of OSSB, talks to Mr. Kelley’s fifth period career class. Julia brings us the activities calendar for

This month on the podcast we travel to the CloverNook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Cincinnati, Ohio to hear about the Braille Challenge. We listen to excerpts from the Little NC pep rally held on March 7. Our little NC squad traveled to the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to compete in wrestling, cheerleading, swimming and goalball. We hear from Jeff Ransey who works in the Conservation department at the Columbus Zoo. And why does OSSB have a chocolate fair every year? Stay tuned and find out. You will hear information about the alumni reunion taking place on the OSSB campus the first weekend in June. We catch up with some alumni and see what they are up to these days and we talk about bell Camp happening here on campus in July put on by the Ohio Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. Andre and Mrs. Smith visit the OSU College of Optometry and conduct an informative reach and teach activity. We look at some new technology coming on the market for the blind and

In the February 2019 edition of the OSSB podcast, we honor our own, Mr. Phil Northrop. He has dedicated 35 years to teaching students with visual impairments as an orientation and mobility instructor. Mr. Northrop retires February 28. We talk to some of OSSB student council representatives at our Valentine’s day dance. Mr. Lee brings us up to speed with Little NC wrestling and goalball. Mr. Sam Seabay, the main screen talent of the Blind Life on Youtube visits us. He is very interested in the models of historical monuments and places we have at OSSB. You can check out Sam’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNbzN3eHbLKPzltSB560DkA What are some of our students doing to get ready for work? WE will learn about Project Step. Secondary Transition Employment Program. And what does OSSB students do on a snow day. Stick around and find out. Julia brings us the activities calendar for March. Stay tuned. Lots of fun and excitement to come.

Welcome to the January edition of the OSSB Podcast. In this episode we will talk about new year’s resolutions, Mr. Kelley’s 8th period class shares their winter break. Andre will talk about Martin Luther King Jr. Students are working hard to get ready for the Braille Challenge at Clovernook on March 1. We celebrate Louis Braille’s birthday and World Braille Day. Cheerleaders and wrestlers travel to The Illinois School for the Visually Impaired in Jackson, Illinois for the NCASB championship. Noah Beckman joins us on the Alumni focus. Miss Honse is working with a class on planning and budgeting, so we will hear about their trip to Bob Evans. The after school programs has a lot to offer our students in fun and creative ways. Thanks to all who tune in every month and show your support to our podcast.

Winter Recital

Winter concert part 2

The month of December is a fabulous fun filled time at the Ohio State School for the Blind. On this episode of the podcast we will share many of these activities. Our ILS department prepared many tasty treats to exchange with one another. Our art classes visited an art museum to check out the work of Queen Brooks. Some of our students sang Christmas carols at Wesley Glen retirement home, and the Columbus Northern Lions club returns to host its 60th holiday party for elementary students. Andre composed and produced a holiday story about how the Evil Mr. Kelley tries to steal Christmas. Principal Ransey talks about the representation of OSSB at the state house. Can Andre devour the Thurmanater? We will see. Our alumni focus this month is the group Innervision. We meet another hard working OSSB staff member who works at the front desk and all over campus. And who doesn’t love a good pancake breakfast? We hope you enjoy this month’s edition of the OSSB podcast.